Textile-scouring oil



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UNHTEJD TATES PATENT @FFHQEO LOULEt E. MURPHY, 01E PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNUE T E. It. HOUGHTON & COMPANY, 013 PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORA- TION OF PENNSYLVAKFIA.

TEXTILE-SGOURING OIL.

I'J'o Drawing. Application filed August 14, 191%. Serial No. 249,899.

To all whom it may concern: Whenthis operation is complete ll take Be itknown that '1, Lotus E. MURPHY, a approximately 12% of the sulfonated70% citizen of the United States, residing in castor oil (23% acid);addapproximately Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented 8.16% of thesulfonated corn oil; approxi- 5 certain Improvements in Textile-Scouringmately 6.48% of the neutral saponaceous Oils, of which the following isa specificadetergent, and approximately 1.81% of what to tion. is knownas a bloomless neutral hydrocar- My invention relates to the art ofscourbon le1non-colored oil.

ing, cleansing and finishing textile fabrics; After this approximately 11.76% of water to and the object of my invention is to provide isstirred in and the whole mass agitated an improved oleaginous, liquiddetergent, thoroughly for about thirty minutes. as particularlyavailable for use in the scour- I then add approximately 1.81% of a ing,fulling and finishing of woolen and caustic sodasolution of Twaddle, andworsted raw stock, yarns, woolen or worsted agitate the mass for a shorttime.

15 piece goods, as well as similar material hav- 1 then addapproximately 29% of what is ing an admixture of cotton. commerciallyknown as 98% oleic acid, with I The improved product constituting my inafurther addition of approximately 1 1% vention is designed to take theplace of the water and agitate. soap and alkali heretofore employed forAfter this mass has been agitated for fif- 32 the operations notedabove, and in addition teen (15) or twenty (20) minutes, 1 add aptoeffecting the desired result in a better proximately 9% ofa caustic sodasolution of manner than the various products heretofore 60 Twaddle andapproximately 3 ounces of employed for the same or similar purposes,formaldehyde to prevent fermentation. it is materially cheaper on theone hand and The temperature at which the desired mix- 25 requires lessmaterial for a given amount of ture is effected may be approximately 150work on the other hand. F. and the resulting product is alkaline.

When used with alkali in proper propor- The sulfonated oil used could becomtions, it replaces the soap for the purposes posed wholly of thecastor oil, but maize mentioned above and with better results in (orcorn) oil has been used in orderto reso the finished product; that is tosay, its use duce the cost of the finished material.

produces cleaner stock and goods, with ma- I In this combination the useof the sulfoterial economy in cost. nated oil furnishes softeningproperties; the In preparing my improved product, I first neutralsaponaceous detergent cleansing sulfonate what is known as.ordinarycomproperties; the neutral hydrocarbon oil 85 mercial castor oi1;thefinished productshowpenetrating and emollient properties; and

ing approximately 23% acid, and being what the alkali used furnishespart of the scourto is known as a 70% strength oil; that is to ingproperties. say, 70% oil, and 30% aqueous moisture. he finished oil whenused in combina- 1 then sulfonate ordinary maize or corn tion withalkali like caustic soda or soda so oil; the finished product showing astrength ash produces a scouring, fulling and finishof approximately 80%oil and 20% water. ing oil superior in every way tothe soaps I thenprepare a neat al saponaceous deheretofore in general use. tergent ofthe cons%& of soft soap; the As an example of its efficiency andmaterials employed eing as follows, in subadaptability over the usualsoap in the stantially the proportions named: scouring bath for use 11on such goods as tricotines, gabardines panama cloth, Olive oil foots136 gals. ottoman cloth, serges, fancy goods. Extra prime lard oil 216gals. etc., where 50 gallons of Water, 40 lbs. of Corn, (or maize) oil36.5 gals. soap and 12 lbs. of soda ash were formerly 50 v Cocoanut oil15.5 gals. necessary to obtain the desired results, 1

Neats foot oil 15.5 gals. have secured the same effect with 50 gal-Water 1,124 gals. lons of water, 18 lbs. of my improved tex- Causticpotash 314 lbs. tile scouring oil, and 14: lbs. of soda ash.

(austirsoda 183 lbs. ".ln the scouring of domestic wool, llhat'ereplaced a 400-gallon bath formerly used, which included 200 lbs. ofsoap, 20 lbs. of caustic soda and 85 lbs. of soda ash, with 100 lbs. ofmy improved textile scouring oil, 25' lbs. caustic soda and 62 lbs. ofsoda as Where the soap heretofore employed was desired for someparticular purposes, for in stance in the scouring and fulling of 16-02.khaki cloth, where 110 gallons of water, 110 lbs. of soap and 30 lbs. ofsoda ash were used, I have replaced the same with 110 gallons of Water,25 lbs. of soap, 25 lbs. of my improved textile scouring oil and 30 lbs.of soda.

While I have described with some particularity certain proportions ofmaterials employed, I do not wish to be limited to the exact proportionsnamed.

I claim:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a textile scouring oil comprising anoleaginous liquid body containing sulfonated castor oil, and sulfonatedmaize (or corn) oil, homogeneously combined with a neutral saponaceousdetergent resulting from the combination of olive oil -foots, lard oil,corn oil, cocoanut oil, neats foot oil, an alk iali hydrate, and water.I

2. A textile scouring oil comprising a body of sulfonated vegetable oilhomogeneously combined with a neutral sponaceous detergent resultingfrom the combination of olive oil foots, lard oil, corn or maize oil,cocoanut oil, neats foot oil, Water, and an. alkaline hydrate.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a textile scouring oil comprising anoleaginous liquid body containing sulfonated castor oil with an acidreaction, sulfonated maize (or corn) oil, and a saponaceous detergent'resulting from the combination of olive oil foots, lard oil, corn oil,cocoanut oil, neats foot oil, alkaline hydrate, and Water; the hydratebeing present in suflicient quantity to render the finished productalkaline.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a textile scouring oil comprising anoleaginous liquid body containing approximately 12% of a 70% sulfonatedcastor oil; approximately 8.16% of a sulfonated corn oil; approximately6.48% of a neutral saponaceous detergent; approximately 4.81% of abloomless neutral hydrocarbon lemon-colored oil; approximately 14.76% ofwater; approximately 1.81% of caustic soda solution of Twaddle, andapproximately 29% of oleic acid, and approximately 14% additional water,and approximately 9% caustic soda solution of 60 Twaddle.

5. As a new article of manufacture, a textile scouring oil comprising anoleaginous liquid body containing approximately 12% Twaddle.

LOUIS E. MURPHY.

